" 'Cause she's, you know, obviously they — and Michelle — have made a lot of sacrifices on behalf of my cockamamie ideas, the running for office and things," Mr. Obama added.

ABC notes that if the Obamas choose to do so and stay in the District, Mr. Obama will be the first president to stay in the city after leaving office since President Woodrow Wilson, who was partly paralyzed from a stroke and is the only former president in the country's history to maintain a residency in Washington.